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Headcase Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2011 Posts: 33 Location: Burnaby BC Canada
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:23 am Post subject: Marks for M38A1 timing cover tab cont from previous thread |
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Warming up here so that means more rain..but... could always be worse right?
Any way i was under the hood where i am spending most of my time and saw that there is the tab that you show in you pics. It has the tow lines on it and is spot welded to the timing chain cover...I am not seeing any bolts to bolt it on. It has a smal fork on the end with two prongs and that small gap between the two prongs seems to be approx the middle of the two lines.
Are the tow lines tha same as the lines that one would fins stamped on the timing chain cover?
If so the then the first line would be 5BTDC and the second lin TDC correct?
What about this little gap and the fork then...?
I read the downloadable manual for this in the TM9-8014 and it lits the three ways to set the tining...thinking I'll go with the second way the timing light. just watned to know which line to try to set it to or the gap?
thanks again soon out from under the hood! ? Ha! H Case |
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chicklin Member
Joined: Jan 03, 2012 Posts: 48 Location: Kansas City, MO
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Was just doing this myself and I believe, yes, they are 5 btdc and 0. I think the little v-notch is just what resulted from them creating pointers for the two positions mentioned above. Set it to 5 degrees btdc and you'll be fine. _________________ 1953 M38A1 #55997 |
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16262 Location: Wisconsin
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Headcase Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2011 Posts: 33 Location: Burnaby BC Canada
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks all will try this tomorrow and hope I will not need the wife to uncerimoniously tow me home...again |
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53a1 Member
Joined: Jun 25, 2008 Posts: 583 Location: Kern Co.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | If you are mixing 100 Low Lead aviation gas with the 87 octane car gas then you can go to 9 or 10 BTDC. |
Cool Wes. I'm going to give this a try. Will starting be a problem or should I just expect more HP
Personally I don't care about the HP and I'm more concerned with reliability. _________________ '53 M38A1 X2 |
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16262 Location: Wisconsin
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